Joey's Birthday

Morning

I wake up. It's April 25th. There's something special about this date... But I can't remember what. Oh! It's my birthday. I get up and out of bed, and head to the bathroom, where I take a shower, brush my teeth, and do my business. Then I head back into the room. Serena is awake now. She's in a towel, as she brushes past me into the bathroom. Her hair is down. I swear when her hair isn't in her braids, she looks like Rapunzel, if Rapunzel had blue hair, that is. I get dressed in a grey pair of cargo shorts, and a white T-shirt. By the time I'm done, Serena is coming out of the bathroom with her towel around her. She gets into the closet and pulls out her undergarments, a dark green tank top, and a pair of blue jeans. I watch as the drops her towel and gets dressed. She pays me no mind as she does this. When she's done she walks over to me. "Happy birthday, Joey. Did you like the show." She says. "I did. We're the same age now." I say. She laughs shortly, "Not for long." We walk downstairs and I make some eggs, and bacon. When I'm done I give her the two pieces of bacon, and two eggs. I get three eggs. We eat in silence. "I got you something for your birthday." She says. I look over at her. "You didn't have to do that." I say. "But I did. It's your birthday, of course I'm going to get you something. I'm sure all the rest of our friends did too." She says. "I'll be right back with it." She gets up, puts her empty plate in the sink and heads upstairs. I sit and wait, finishing up my food and putting my plate in the sink. I wonder what she got me. She comes back down with a small box. Like the size of a full backpack. She hands it to me. As I pull it to me, I smell something. It's a dog. That's when I see the holes in the box. I smile and look at Serena. She motions me to keep going. "Go on." I lift the top off the box.. And a bulldog sized three headed dog jumps out and tackles me. "Ah!" I gasp. "Zhlezo! Down!" Serena yells. Zhlezo climbs off of me and sits at Serena's feet, tail wagging, tongues out. "Woah! Cool! You got a three headed puppy? Where'd you get that?" I ask in amazement. "It wasn't easy. I got him shipped in from Russia. The guy wanted your demon eye for it, cause Sylvan's not from this universe, but when I almost walked away from the deal to look somewhere else he attacked me saying no one leaves him without taking up his deal. So he's dead now, and I took Zhlezo here. Cool right?" She explains. I nod, then walk over to the dog and pet him. He turns around and licks my face. "He's only a baby, he'll be bigger than an elephant, when he's full grown." She says. I get up and move towards Serena. "Thank you so much. I love you." I say kissing her. "Ok, I've got to go. It may be my birthday, but I've still got to work, looking for trouble around town." I say. "Well you may have to work but I don't, so I'll come with you." She says. "Ok, let's go then." We head out the door, leaving Zhlezo alone. Off to look for trouble.